[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5788-5789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2685]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for 
the Disposal and Reuse of the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing 
Complex, New York City, New York

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and 
its implementing regulations promulgated by the President's Council on 
Environmental Quality, the Army has prepared a Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FNSI) pertaining to the Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for disposal and reuse of the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing 
Complex, New York City, New York. In the FNSI, the Army states its 
intention to dispose of excess property resulting from the closure of 
the Manhattan Beach Stand Along Housing Complex.
    In accordance with the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of October 1988, Pub. L. 100-526, as 
amended, the Secretary of Defense's Commission on Base Realignment and 
Closure required the closure of 53 stand alone family housing 
installations, including the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing 
Complex.

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    A 1990 EA identified, documented, and evaluated the environmental 
and socioeconomic effects of closure of the 53 stand alone housing 
installations.
    This EA supplements the 1990 EA and analyzes the disposal and reuse 
of the Manhattan Beach Housing Complex.
    The EA examines potential impacts of the proposed action, the 
disposal and reuse of the property, on 13 resource areas and areas of 
environmental concern: land use, air quality, noise, water resources, 
geology, infrastructure, hazardous and toxic materials, biological 
resources and ecosystems, cultural resources, the socioeconomic 
environment, environment justice, economic development, and quality of 
life. Additionally, the EA analyzed the potential impacts of the no 
action alternative--retaining the property in caretaker status.
    Based on the analysis found in the EA it has been determined that 
no significant or cumulatively significant impacts on the quality of 
the natural or human environment are anticipated from the disposal of 
the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing Complex.
    Consistent with the President's Five-Point Initiative to Revitalize 
Base Closure Communities, which is intended to foster economic 
development and job creation, the Army intents to transfer the excess 
property to Kingsborough Community Collge via a public benefit 
conveyance for use as an educational center.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA and FNSI can be obtained by contacting the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-ED (Mr. 
Doug Nester), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone 
at (334) 694-3854.

    Dated: January 28, 1998.
Denzel L. Fisher,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA(I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-2685 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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